Do library and information associations need structural change?
Attempts at change usually encounter turbulence and dubious outcomes. In 1997, ALA rejected major structural change, despite the case for change. There were doubts that a different structure would be more effective than the one that existed. The effort of change was viewed as an unproductive diversion. When ALIA opted for a new structure, based on self-nominating groups over the old divisions, it rejected a more compelling albeit more testing federated arrangement, such as one proposed by John Brudenell. The National Library of Australia subsequently created the Peak Bodies Forum (PBF, http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/peakbod) to fill a vacuum left by the demise of the Australian Council of Library and Information Services. The PBF is addressing a range of important issues, but is constrained by the same limitations of its British counterpart, the National Forum for Information Planning and Cooperation (NFIP, http://www.bl.uk/about/cooperation/nfip). Should the number of asso
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